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Empowered to Repair: Becoming People Who Mend Broken Systems and Heal Our Communities

Brenda Salter McNeil - Brazos Press
Format: Hardcover

"An inspiring starting point for Christians looking to put their beliefs into action."--Publishers WeeklyPolitical and cultural wars are tearing communities apart. Issues such as immigration, racism, and guns are driving wedges between people and hampering Christians' impact...
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Everything Good about God Is True: Choosing Faith

Bruce Reyes-Chow - Broadleaf Books
Format: Paperback

A better story of faith exists, and it has the capacity to heal the world--if we only embrace, articulate, and live it more courageously.You know what you don't believe: about the Bible, the church, and God. You don't agree with the doctrines of an exclusionary, dominant Christianity....
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A Faith of Many Rooms: Inhabiting a More Spacious Christianity

Debie Thomas - Broadleaf Books
Format: Hardcover

When your faith begins to feel too small, too confining, you could choose to leave it. But what if the faith we inhabit is roomier than we'd thought? What if our collapsing faith is just a closet in a much larger dwelling? Disillusioned by narrow theologies, church dysfunction, and constricted...
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Now and Not Yet: Pressing in When You're Waiting, Wanting, and Restless for More

Ruth Chou Simons - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Ruth Chou Simons guides readers who are restless in their current circumstances on a journey of growth, purpose, and pressing in. Too often, we feel disappointed with our "right now"--our life circumstances, our relationships, our progress, our daily grind....
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Life Is Hard. God Is Good. Let's Dance.: Experiencing Real Joy in a World Gone Mad

Brant Hansen - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

"Quirky and inviting essays on what it means to live joyfully in a world full of 'anger and anxiety'...This optimism booster has a light touch and a lasting impact." - Publishers WeeklyThis book is about one idea: joy. A deep sense of well-being, regardless of circumstances,...
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The God of Wild Places: Rediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors

Tony Jones author of "The Church Is - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

"I have read a lot of books in my life, but never one like this... this captivating memoir will take you places you might never have gone on your own: into the elemental mysteries of life, death, creatureliness, and divinity with someone who has turned from the orderliness of religion...
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Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending

John Pavlovitz - Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Paperback

"An urgent and passionate commentator, [John Pavlovitz] lives in the tension between despair and hope." - Presbyterian Outlook"John Pavlovitz's Worth Fighting For is a stirring playbook for Christians who strive to ensure that kindness triumphs over toxicity. Forthright...
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Origins of Enchantment - How Religions Compete

Paul Seabright - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world. Religion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in North America and parts of Europe. Vigorous competition between and within religious movements...
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Don't Follow Your Heart: Boldly Breaking the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship

Thaddeus J. Williams - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

Why chasing after expressive individualism, experiences, and desires always fails to deliver on its promise of happiness.Today we are told to be true to ourselves, look within for answers, and follow our hearts. But when we put our own happiness first, we experience record-breaking levels...
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Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family: How to Navigate a Media-Saturated World--and Why We Should (Pluggedin)

The Plugged In Staff - Focus on the Family
Format: Paperback

How Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children's Screen Consumption?. The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming...
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